Office of Research

State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs

Limited Submissions

The NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs program aims to expand access to the compute required for AI-enabled scientific discovery and to transform the research, education, and training opportunities offered by institutions of higher education. AI Infrastructure Hubs will connect researchers to new compute infrastructure that leverages contributions from state governments, research institutions, industry, and philanthropy, accelerating AI-enabled discovery across science and engineering and developing a skilled technical workforce for AI use in the scientific enterprise. 

Key goals of the State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs Program are to:

  • Expand Access to Compute: Empower and incentivize state or regional consortia to provide AI infrastructure to researchers and students by leveraging funding, expertise, and economies of scale across institutions and other stakeholders.
  • Accelerate AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery: Expand access to AI methods, tools, computing, and data infrastructure across STEM research. Consortia may leverage state or regional initiatives such as the NSF AI-Ready America Coordination Hubs, and support initiatives that increase faculty experience, knowledge, and use of AI and AI infrastructure resources in STEM courses, instructional material, and research.
  • Develop an AI for Science Workforce: Build a skilled technical workforce trained to use advanced computing and data resources to accelerate research, including degree and certificate programs with stackable credits reflecting in-demand skills.

An AI Infrastructure Hub proposal must address all five elements as outlined in the solicitation.

  1. Hub consortium stakeholders, vision, and key deliverables.
  2. Computing, data, and AI infrastructure.
  3. Partnerships with regional stakeholders.
  4. Development of an AI infrastructure workforce.
  5. Faculty training and instructional material development to leverage AI infrastructure for scientific discovery.

Application Instructions

Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Late pre-proposals will not be considered. Proposals are due to the sponsor 11/5/2026 so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 10/27/2026 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

NSF 26-513

Deadlines
08/26/2026 UW Internal Deadline Open
10/27/2026 OSP Deadline
11/05/2026 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Funding amount

$4,000,000 (up to $12M over 5 years)

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (Also, an individual may participate in at most one State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs proposal as PI, co-PI, or Senior/Key Personnel for each deadline.)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.